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Six Communist Party officials will stand trial in China on Tuesday on charges of torturing a man to death during an internal investigation in a case that has exposed the workings of the party's judicial system.

Yu Qiyi cheap air jordan 11 gym red , 42, a chief engineer for a state-owned investment firm in the eastern city of Wenzhou, drowned in April after being dunked repeatedly in a bucket of ice-cold water air jordan 11 retro gym red , state media said last week. His case sheds light on the detention of party officials under a system lawyers say is rife with abuse.

The officials - five from the party's corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and a local prosecutor air jordan 11 gym red for sale , were indicted on charges of intentional infliction of harm leading to death for the alleged abuse of Yu. They face the death penalty.

Yu had spent 38 days under "shuanggui", a form of extra-legal detention imposed on party officials being investigated for disciplinary violations.

"I believe that these egregious cases in which officials who have been under 'shuanggui' have died rarely enter the judicial process," said Pu Zhiqiang air jordan 11 gym red pre order , a lawyer representing Yu's family.

Reuters was not immediately able to locate lawyers for the six accused. Neither the government nor the party has publicly given an account of what happened.

It is not precisely clear why Yu was being investigated, according to his family's lawyers. Si Weijiang, a second lawyer for the family air jordan 11 gym red chicago , said it was possibly because of improprieties related to a land deal.

DUNKED REPEATEDLY

Investigators put Yu's head in a bucket of ice-cold water and held it down repeatedly, eventually causing his death, according to Si. Yu was also beaten and his body scarred by what appeared to be cigarette butt marks.

Yu's death comes as China wages war on corruption. President Xi Jinping has pledged to go after "tigers" and "flies" in the battle against graft air jordan 11 gym red 2017 , referring to both political heavyweights and low-ranked officials.

Pu said Yu, who was made to strip naked before interrogators dunked his head, struggled and shouted during the questioning session air jordan 11 gym red , citing the indictment.

Photographs of Yu taken by family members after his death showed an emaciated man who was "black and blue", Pu said.

The question of who authorized the harsh treatment of Yu remains largely unanswered, Pu said cheap jordan 11 gym red , adding the six officials were carrying out orders from the disciplinary commission.

"Who approved the use of such torture? The bucket and the ice cold water were already prepared in that place in advance," Pu said. "These people have not been investigated yet."

(Agencies)

by Ding Chao

MOSCOW， Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- If outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama would bother to assess what Washington has gained in his administration's anti-Russia attempts since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis in early 2014， he might be sad to find that Washington has lost in almost every front -- from Ukraine to Syria， and then to the looming new arms race.

By contrast， Russian President Vladimir Putin， who is experienced in jangling nerves in the West with unexpected tactical moves， was widely regarded to have broken out of the diplomatic， military and economic encirclement led by the United States.

Throughout the year 2016， Russia has been trying hard by diplomatic maneuvers to gain a bigger say in the protracted Syrian crisis， which has helped consolidate its role in the Middle East， and in the meantime， Moscow has stepped up its own version of a "Pivot to Asia" with a focus on the economic sphere.

MILITARY FEELERS IN SYRIA

Starting with a dramatic bombing campaign in Syria in September 2015， Russia's first military intervention outside the former Soviet Union since the end of the Cold War， the country has not only showed its ability in the global use of force that the United States has long bragged about， but gained increasing political leverage in the war-ravaged country and even the wider region， reminding the United States not to treat Russia as an outsider when it comes to one of the most complicated regions in the world.

The mission let the already deep rift between the two powers further fester as Washington slammed Moscow for not intending to hit terrorist targets， but to empower Syrian government troops， and the White House was considering striking Bashar al-Assad's forces in an attempt to bring Damascus back to the negotiating table.

Russia， in response， deployed the advanced S-400 and S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in Syria， warning to shoot down U.S.-led coalition missiles if they were used against the Syrian army. Moreover， in September， Russia's only aircraft carrier， the Admiral Kuznetsov， was put in combat duty off Syria's coast to support its air mission.

Admittedly， this show of Russia's military prowess did come with a cost. The most recent cost was the assassination of its ambassador to Turkey， Andrei Karlov， who was shot dead by an off-duty Turkish policeman in Ankara， an act believed to be linked with Moscow's anti-terror operation in Syria.

In November 2015， a Russian bomber was downed by a Turkish fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkish border， an incident described by Putin as "a stab in the back" that dealt a crushing blow to Moscow-Ankara ties， which have only begun to recover after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized to Putin in June.

Washington's decision in October to suspend its dialogue with Moscow on Syria is a golden opportunity for Russia to boost its presence in the Syrian settlement. Backed by Russia's air force， the Syrian army encroached on the contested city of Aleppo and cleared the northern Syrian city of militants with the evacuation of civilians， which would jump-start the liberation of other Syrian cities.